Brooklyn

Jewish schools in Brooklyn evacuate following bomb threats, NYPD finds no explosives on site

The incident followed a similar bomb threat at a Lakewood, New Jersey, Orthodox synagogue earlier in the week, the Anti-Defamation League's New York and New Jersey office said.

|ByALEX CARSON
Screenshot of one of the videos showing young children being escorted out of the school buildings and marshaled along the street by staff amid the emergency response.
A young ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in a street of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York on October 7, 2025

'Heil f***ing Hitler!': Knife-wielding man chases Jewish student through Crown Heights, New York

During the pursuit visible in the video, the suspect yells toward the student, "Now I know where you live," before screaming, "Heil f***ing Hitler!" while holding an object appearing to be a knife.

|ByALEX CARSON
Ultra-Orthodox men line up to partake in the kapparot tradition in Mea She’arim in 2025.

Unnecessary and cruel: Using chickens for kapparot on Yom Kippur violates Jewish values – opinion

The practice has invited widespread scrutiny, even from sages, over the inhuman treatment of livestock. Trigger warning: Some readers might find the disclosed descriptions disturbing

|ByRINA DEYCH
A New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle is seen outside the Israeli Consulate building in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 22, 2025

Teen slashed in Brooklyn synagogue by 'emotionally disturbed' fellow congregant, NYPD says

The 22-year-old suspect, Krybus Shimon, is a fellow congregant of Yeshiva Gevoah Toldos, an Orthodox synagogue in Borough Park, the New York Police Department said.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Activists launch independent haredi news organization

Naftuli Moster is launching a news organization focused on tackling the news desert in the haredi world.

DECEMBER 1, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Man reading 'Yated Ne’eman’ in Mea She’arim

Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes against three Jews in separate attacks

Saadah Masoud plead guilty to federal hate crimes against three Jews in three separate attacks in New York.

NOVEMBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, also known as BDS.

Largest US Kosher food bank to feed 135,000 people in need on Thanksgiving

While all the items in the food bank are Kosher, CEO of the Met Council David Greenfield emphasized that the organization supports Jews and non-Jews alike.

NOVEMBER 23, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
The Queens precinct and the Met Council distribute food to those in need for Thanksgiving.

Kyrie Irving returns following suspension for antisemitism, helps Nets knock off Grizzlies

Irving's next appearance will likely be Sunday night.

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByREUTERS
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, Oct 29, 2022

'Jews kill blacks' and 'Jews enslave Black lives' found graffitied in Georgia

The antisemitic graffiti was found in Atlanta spray painted on public property.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByNOA FEIGENBAUM
Downtown Atlanta

Worker at famed Brooklyn kosher bakery found dead in freezer

The man was caught in rotating blades of the machine while working in the freezer and appeared to have been locked inside for some five hours.

NOVEMBER 4, 2022ByJACOB HENRY/JTA
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Largest NYC Orthodox voting bloc endorses Zeldin for governor

Despite backing two incumbent Democrats, Letita James for attorney general and Charles Schumer for senate, the Bobov Sect endorsed Lee Zeldin for governor over current Gov. Kathy Hochul.

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByHALEY COHEN
US Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) speaks during the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention broadcast from Washington, US August 26, 2020.

Two Jewish youths attacked in NYC in separate incidents

According to the tweet, the suspects made "anti-Jewish statements" and threw eggs at the boy, who was dressed in "traditional Jewish garb."

OCTOBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Tourists are back, but are things back to normal? - opinion

Are things back to normal now that tourists are back in Israel for Sukkot?

OCTOBER 7, 2022ByAARON KATSMAN
THE ‘UMBRELLA STREET’ in downtown Jerusalem is seen nearly empty. Will the streets now be filled again?

'The Choice': A feminist novel on Brooklyn hassidic Jewry - review

From the most down-to-earth subjects to the most pristine spirituality, The Choice is some ride.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022ByAARON LEIBEL
BROOKLYN HAREDIM protest coronavirus restrictions in New York City, 2020. The author delves into the entanglements, rivalries and complexities of the Brooklyn hassidic community.